Padre Burgos Avenue

Padre Burgos Avenue starts at the end of Jones Bridge, MacArthur Bridge, and Quezon Bridge, respectively, at the southern bank of the Pasig River near Liwasang Bonifacio. It then merges near Mehan Garden and continues south until it branches to two – Taft Avenue and itself – when it reaches the National Museum of Fine Arts at Rizal Park. It will then turn sharply right, intersecting with Finance Drive, the major thoroughfare of Rizal Park, which leads to Ayala Boulevard and Ayala Bridge, and, after that, the other parts of C-1. Padre Burgos Avenue ends with a junction with Roxas Boulevard, Bonifacio Drive, and Katigbak Drive, its logical continuation towards Quirino Grandstand.

The avenue is a component of National Route 150 (N150), except for its southbound segment between Quezon Bridge and Liwasang Bonifacio Overpass, which is a component of National Route 170 (N170). Its segment from its southern end at Roxas Boulevard and Bonifacio Drive, both components of Radial Road 1, to Finance Drive, is a component of Circumferential Road 1 (C-1).

The origin of Padre Burgos Avenue could be traced back to a street running in parallel along the moat surrounding the walled area of Intramuros, called Paseo de las Aguadas{{cite map |first = Francisco J.|last= de Gamoneda |title = Plano de Manila y sus Arrables |trans-title = Map of Manila and its suburbs |map = |map-url = |date = 1898 |year =|url =https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/manila_and_suburbs_1898.jpg |scale =1:10,000 |series = |publisher = |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = |language = es|format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date = |archive-url = |archive-date =}} or Calzada de las Aguadas, Calzada de Vidal{{cite map|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntewell/13143244454|title=Map of the City of Manila and vicinity|date=1907|publisher=United States. War Department. General Staff|access-date=March 27, 2022}} or Paseo de Sebastián Vidal (apparently named after Spanish botanist Sebastián Vidal y Soler, director of the nearby Botanical Garden of Manila),{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/414331234461986652/|title=Paseo de Sebastián Vidal (previously known as Paseo de las Aguadas). This was later renamed Calzada de Bagumbayan and is today known as Padre Burgos Ave. (source: Paquito dela Cruz)|website=Pinterest|accessdate=February 27, 2022}} and Calzada de Bagumbayan or Paseo de Bagumbayan (for being the street that leads to Bagumbayan Field).{{cite map|url=https://gop.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/jo62200-The-Norris-Peters-1902-Map-of-the-City-of-Manila-and-Vicinity.jpg|title=Map of the City of Manila and Vicinity|date=November 12, 1901|access-date=November 27, 2021|scale=1:11000|publisher=Office of Chief Engineers, Division of the Philippines}} It used to end at Plaza Lawton on the north. It was also one of the right-of-way alignments of tranvía that existed until 1945.{{cite map |author = |title = City of Manila, Philippine Island |trans-title = |map = |url = https://www.loc.gov/resource/g8064m.ct003077/?r=0.193,0.728,0.186,0.08,0 |date = |year = 1920 |scale = 1:11000 |series = |publisher = John Bach |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = Manila |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date = February 27, 2022 |archive-url = |archive-date =}} The avenue's present-day section near Quezon Bridge occupies what was known as Calle Colgante, which provided access to the bridge's predecessor, Puente Colgante.{{cite map |author = |title = Map of city of Manila and vicinity |trans-title = |map = |url = https://www.loc.gov/resource/g8064m.ct003078/?r=0.11,0.43,0.247,0.122,0 |date = June 1915 |scale = 1:10560 |series = |publisher = Office of Dept. Engineer, Phil. Dept. |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = Manila? |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date = June 9, 2024 |archive-url = |archive-date =}}

Starting from the northern terminus, the road passes the following:{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

• Manila Central Post Office
• Metropolitan Theater
• Liwasang Bonifacio
• Mehan Garden
• Universidad de Manila
• Bonifacio Shrine
• Manila City Hall
• Lagusnilad
• National Museum of Fine Arts
• National Museum of Anthropology
• Rizal Park
• Roundtable
• National Planetarium
• Club Intramuros Golf Course
• Manila Hotel

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